Lamentations 1:5
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Lamentations 1:5 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Lamentations 1:5 is a verse from the book of Lamentations in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Her adversaries are the chief, her enemies prosper; for the LORD hath afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressi..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Lamentations 1:5 — KJV
“Her adversaries are the chief, her enemies prosper; for the LORD hath afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: her children are gone into captivity before the enemy.”
— Lamentations 1:5 (KJV)
Lamentations 1:5 in Context — About the Book of Lamentations
Lamentations is five funeral poems over fallen Jerusalem — grief given holy structure. At its exact center burns the flame the darkness never reaches: because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed; His mercies are new every morning. It teaches us to grieve with hope.
Cross-References for Lamentations 1:5
“And Deborah said unto Barak, Up; for this is the day in which the LORD hath delivered Sisera into thine hand: is not the LORD gone out before thee? So Barak went down from mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 1:5: lord, hath, gone
“And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Wherefore hath the LORD smitten us to day before the Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of Shiloh unto us, that, when it cometh among us, it may save us out of the hand of our enemies. fetch: Heb. take unto us”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 1:5: enemies, lord, hath
“She that hath borne seven languisheth: she hath given up the ghost; her sun is gone down while it was yet day: she hath been ashamed and confounded: and the residue of them will I deliver to the sword before their enemies, saith the LORD.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 1:5: enemies, lord, hath
“For it was little which thou hadst before I came, and it is now increased unto a multitude; and the LORD hath blessed thee since my coming: and now when shall I provide for mine own house also? increased: Heb. broken forth since...: Heb. at my foot”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 1:5: lord, hath, multitude
“Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the LORD, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 1:5: lord, hath, children
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